The Golden Boy goes down and the Yanks put on their hitting shoes

Damn shame about Strasburg going down and needing "Tommy John" surgery. From everything I've read on the subject he should do fine and we will see him in about a year and 3 months to a year and a half. Hopefully the hobby doesn't take a huge hit in his absence. Actually some of the medical reports I've come across say that guys throw harder after they get the surgery done. Imagine that kid throwing harder than 101-102? Craziness.

My Yanks are actually scorching the ball the last couple days and it's got me wondering about the randomness of baseball and how much that days starting pitcher plays into the game. They can go out and get 6 hits over 3 days against guys who should be parking cars and then go out and terrorize grade A prime guys. More craziness

Damn them Jays

I don't know what they are putting in the water in Toronto these days, but the Blue Jays seem to like it(or at least when they are playing the Yanks). This year they have played the Bombers with such gusto that you would think they were in the battle for first. They pitch....they hit....they do both and I'm not sure how they are so far behind in the standings.

So hard to stay away

So I was out and about in my local Target picking up a few things and as I walk up to the cashiers I have to pass by the card section. All they had was crap but it was still sooo hard to stay away and not pick up a pack or 2, lol. Damn my self control.

Topps Triple Threads delayed

Just heard word that Topps Triple Threads have been delayed until sometime in September. Don't know about you but I will probably buy a couple packs unless they really blow my doors off. The only thing that I'm kinda waiting on at this point is the Bowman Platinums and then the '11 Bowman in the springtime

Tigers coming to town

Johnny Damon and the tigers come to town to play 4 starting tonight. And yes I was one of those guys that was yelling at both sides to get a deal done this offseason. Both sides were stubborn and got hurt because of it. Do I miss his bat? yes. Do I miss his average at best D or his limp-wristed throws that travelled all of 90 feet? no. But he deserved better from the Yanks. His "double steal" in the WS last year was an instant classic.

3 bombs

Arod goes out and hits 3 long shots last night in an 8-3 win and the Yanks as a team today can't muscle a single run. Figures. His third of the night was of the moon-shot variety into the fountains in deep left center. I think I heard it was a 439ft. job. As soon as he hit it you knew it was going out. Not a question of if it would go but how far it would clear the fences.

Kinda slow

Things have slowed for me card-wise. I have realized that my Brother's wedding and bachelor party are coming at me fast, so card spending has been brought to a halt. I plan on getting a scanner soon so that online trading will be possible and cut the buying out until I have a healthier wallet. I've also realized that I have too many hobbies and devote way too much attention to each of them and I need to pare down my list just a bit. More later.

The Cap'n makin' it happen

Congrats to the Captain for passing Babe Ruth on the all-time hits list. Sometime next season he will be added to the list of gents with 3000 hits. That's some nice company to be in.

Oh and not that I think that Buck won't let the Os lose another series this year but it's nice to see tham play hard for him. They are too proud a franchise to mire in that kind of funk.

Didn't quite make it

Well..... we hit a bunch of traffic on the way up from NC so unfortunately I wasn't able to visit the National card show this year. Too bad as I've never been to one and would like to go just for the experience. I read that the pickins were kinda slim this year with alot of empty booths, I'm hoping this doesn't dissuade them from bringing it back to Baltimore sometime soon.

Out and about

I'm away from home this weekend down in NC picking up my brother. He's back in the states and happy/healthy. I might try to go to the National card show in Baltimore on our way back up to NJ

The new guy(s)

So the Yanks went out and got Austin Kearns, Lance Berkman and Keery Wood. You'll have to pardon me if I dont exactly fall all over myself crowning them the '10 World Series champs. Granted, the guys they replaced weren't exactly Joe D., Lou Gehrig and Whitey Ford but come on.

I ended up divvying my AL and NL book into 3 divisions apiece. And I took all of my Autos and GU cards and stuck them in with my vintage/random cards. Hopefully that will make just a bit of sense of what to do with them. And those Topps Tribute cards are very thick, so I don't know what I will end up doing with them.

No no Joe, not like that

So why does Joe Girardi think that resting guys when we are playing the team that is chasing us a good idea? The Yanks play the Jays the next 3, so why not rest some of these guys then? And I know that even in a good year your team will lose 60 or so games, but why go out of your way to make it against the number 2 in the division..... makes no sense.


I got my first look at the '10 Topps Tribute and all I can say is wow. They are a fantastic looking card. The pictures you see of them online don't do them any justice at all (in my eyes). Pulled a couple nice ones, but I'll have to post them up later.